Tatsuhiko Seo (妹尾 達彦, Seo Tatsuhiko) is a Japanese historian. As of 2008 he is a professor of Chuo University's Faculty of Literature.[1]

Tatsuhiko Seo
Born(1952-Missing required parameter 1=month!-00)Missing required parameter 1=month! , 1952
Other names妹尾 達彦
OccupationChinese History

Biography

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Tatsuhiko Seo was born in 1952 in Hiroshima Prefecture. He was raised in West Tokyo. He studied at Ritsumeikan University and measured oriental studies. According to his essay, he was interested in cities when he traveled from Bangkok to London as a backpacker.[2] He graduated in 1977,[3] and entered the graduate school of Osaka University. When he was a student, he also studied at Shaanxi Normal University and received guidance under Shi Nianhai(史念海). In 1979 he received a master's degree from Osaka University Graduate School of Letters. In 1983, he got a qualification for submitting a dissertation at the same university.[4]

After graduation, he became an associate professor at the Hokkaido University of Education (1983–1989). From 1989 to 2000, he was a professor at University of Tsukuba (Department for History and Anthropology). After he retired from the University of Tsukuba, he was a professor at Chuo University. Now he is a researcher at the Tōyō Bunko, Tokyo.

Works

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His lifework is a mechanism of two different worlds: agricultural world and Nomadic world.

Seo was the author of many books, including "The Urban Social Structure of Chang'an, 583-904"(『長安の都市計画』), in 1983.

References

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  1. ^ "List of the Continuing Projects for Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) of KAKENHI" (Archive). Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, 日本学術振興会). p. 5/17. "Tatsuhiko Seo Chuo University/Faculty of Literature/Professor"
  2. ^ Yomiuri Shinbun (History of cities in East Asia)
  3. ^ Researchmap(SEO Tatsuhiko)
  4. ^ Researchmap(SEO Tatsuhiko)